The UN human rights system continues to be under threat, requiring immediate action from all of us! We have some important news via IWRAW Asia Pacific as of May 16th, 2019, regarding the human rights mechanisms of the UN. We request that you join us in taking action. A letter sent on 30 April from Michelle …
Read MoreCALL TO ACTION: Human Rights Treaty Bodies Under Immediate Threat
On March 15th, 2019 the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI), along the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and MADRE, co-sponsored the first global consultation on a CEDAW General Recommendation on the rights of indigenous women. The meeting was convened by the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI) and attended by indigenous activist women from different …
Read MoreCSW63 – Consultation on CEDAW & the Rights of Indigenous Women
On this historic Human Rights Day, December 10, 2018, 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute is pleased to share our new video which highlights the work we do in the promotion of women’s human rights in conjunction with transnational women’s human rights defenders, …
Women’s rights are human rights! Sounds like common sense? This wasn’t always the case, and even today, the very notion that women have equal rights, dignity and value as men remains highly contested. The Vienna Tribunal was a huge turning point in transnational feminist organizing, laying the groundwork for today’s women’s human rights activism. This …
Read MoreWhen Women Became Human: 25th Anniversary of Vienna Conference
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2018 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Location: 4 W 43rd Street, New York Room: Blue Room Convened by: Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI) UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice (WGDAW) Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) CEDAW Committee of Trinidad & Tobago (CCoTT) Indigenous Women’s Alliance …
Read MoreCSW62 Parallel Event: Women’s Human Rights Advocacy in a Time of Backlash
Are you a women’s human rights defender? Do you want to increase your understanding of women’s human rights, and learn how to use the UN Human Rights system and CEDAW, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, to support your activism? Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO …
In 2016-2017, the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute coordinated a transnational research project on “good practices” with a large team of volunteer researchers who produced a range of good practices case studies to be considered for inclusion in the 2017 thematic report of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice (WGDAW). …
Are you a changemaker? A feminist activist, scholar, community organizer? Are you ready to join other transnational women’s human rights defenders in using CEDAW, the UN Women’s Convention, as a tool for analysis, activism, and scholarship? CEDAW for Change Institute, Oxford, UK: September 25 – 30, 2017 Learn about CEDAW from a feminist activist perspective …
International Women Human Rights Defenders Day –29 November 2016 In the wave of rising fundamentalism and populism, States must more than ever protect women human rights defenders by tackling discrimination against women On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29 November, we, independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council, pay …
Read MoreIntl Women’s Human Rights Defenders Day – UN Special Rapporteurs’ Statement
Are you a women’s human rights defender? Do you want to increase your understanding of women’s human rights, and learn how to use the UN Human Rights system and CEDAW, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, to support your activism? Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO …
